Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt October 17, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film (she was an MGM contract player), theater, and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s.
With big, bright eyes, standing five-foot-six, and always very slender, Hunt was considered very attractive in her early career. She attended the Theodore Irving School of Dramatics during her high school years. She...
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Marsha Hunt (born Marcia Virginia Hunt October 17, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film (she was an MGM contract player), theater, and television actress who was blacklisted by Hollywood movie studio executives in the 1950s.
With big, bright eyes, standing five-foot-six, and always very slender, Hunt was considered very attractive in her early career. She attended the Theodore Irving School of Dramatics during her high school years. She was also a very good singer, and was a model, before Paramount Pictures signed her to a contract in 1934. At just 18 years of age she made her film debut in The Virginia Judge.
In 1938 she married film director Jerry Hopper; they were divorced in 1943. Three years later, in 1946, she married television and film writer Robert Presnell Jr., which lasted until his death in June 1986.
During the late 1930s and into the 1940s she signed a number of petitions promoting liberal ideals. She was also a member of the Committee for the First Amendment....
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